{"id":611216,"date":"2025-12-04T08:02:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/611216\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T08:02:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:02:16","slug":"leeds-united-players-dad-to-join-celtic-in-prominent-role-after-wilfried-nancy-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/611216\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United player&#8217;s dad to join Celtic in prominent role after Wilfried Nancy appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Farke-Dean-1-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Wilfried Nancy speaks at a press conference\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Credit: Imago<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/danlewis-150x150.jpg\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Daniel Lewis\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Thu 4 December 2025 7:10, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Kwame Ampadu, the father of Leeds United captain Ethan Ampadu, is set to join Wilfried Nancy\u2019s coaching staff at Celtic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nancy was confirmed as Celtic\u2019s new manager on Wednesday, joining to Scottish giants from Columbus Crew on a two-and-a-half-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman\u2019s first game in charge will be against Hearts at Celtic Park on Sunday, with that a top-of-the-table showdown north of the border.<\/p>\n<p>And it now looks as though <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/ethan-ampadu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ampadu<\/a> senior will be part of Nancy\u2019s coaching staff in Glasgow.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/imago1069716943-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ethan Ampadu in action for Leeds\" class=\"wp-image-215177\" \/>Credit: ImagoKwame Ampadu to join Wilfried Nancy\u2019s coaching staff at Celtic<\/p>\n<p>Kwame Ampadu previously worked alongside Nancy as assistant coach at Major League Soccer side Columbus Crew.<\/p>\n<p>As per Sky Sports reporter Anthony Joseph via X on Wednesday, the 54-year-old will now link up with Nancy again, this time in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>Jules Gueguen and Maxime Chalier are also set to move across from the Crew to Celtic.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As we reported last week, Columbus Crew assistant coach Kwame Ampadu will join Wilfried Nancy at Celtic. <\/p>\n<p>The MLS side\u2019s fitness coach Jules Gueguen and video performance coach Maxime Chalier will also be moving to the Scottish champions. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/55c581bFdK\">https:\/\/t.co\/55c581bFdK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anthony Joseph (@AnthonyRJoseph) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnthonyRJoseph\/status\/1996348367639912458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>It will see Kwame closer to son Ethan, who is a fan favourite at <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/stadium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elland Road<\/a> \u2013 even more so after playing a part in <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/opinion\/leeds-player-ratings-vs-chelsea-ao-tanaka-sublime-but-one-teammate-is-a-big-letdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds\u2019 3-1 win over Chelsea<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Ethan Ampadu speaks out on Daniel Farke future after Chelsea win<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/news\/ethan-ampadu-on-verge-of-premier-league-ban-after-leeds-vs-aston-villa-incident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ampadu has been walking a disciplinary tightrope at Leeds<\/a> but has thankfully avoided a fifth yellow card in his past two outings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/news\/ethan-ampadu-certainty-shared-from-wales-training-camp-that-all-leeds-fans-will-get-behind\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ampadu, who recently captained Wales,<\/a> played the full 90 minutes as <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds<\/a> stunned Chelsea at Elland Road on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>That win lifts the pressure on boss Daniel Farke, and Ampadu shared his thoughts on the German after the game.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo matter who is here, we are behind everyone,\u201d he told Sky Sports. \u201cEveryone is on board, players and staff. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe worked so hard to get to this position the last two years. Now we are here, we want to achieve together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Farke will now almost certainly oversee Leeds\u2019 clash with Liverpool on Saturday evening, with the Whites out of the relegation zone thanks to the win over Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>A trip to Brentford follows, before a home clash with Crystal Palace and an away game with Sunderland either side of Christmas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enjoyed this article?<\/strong> Stay connected with all the latest Leeds United news, updates, and behind-the-scenes content by following us on our new Instagram account \u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/goodisonnews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/motleedsnews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@motleedsnews<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/estevao\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Imago Thu 4 December 2025 7:10, UK Kwame Ampadu, the father of Leeds United captain Ethan Ampadu,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,12411,4884,190896,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-611216","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-ethan-ampadu","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-kwame-ampadu","13":"tag-leeds","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115660256492477864","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}